LiL Kim is an unknown at this point. I personally think he is just jumping up and down beating his chest to say "Pay attention to me!".

I would not be surprised if there are those that want a limited exchange. You have to remember, the USA rose to such height after world war 2 because
most of the industrialized world at that point had been flattened. We did so well because there was no competition. I have a thought in the back of
my mind that someone, somewhere is thinking the same thing. The best way to get economic control again is to remove the competition. If a war breaks
out in Asia, it will hurt their manufacturing and delivery capability...period.

China's economy is not as solid as some think it is. I did some contract work last year with a Chinese company and it ain't wine and roses over
there. China would like to see something happen too...but I don't think they want a nuclear exchange on their borders.

Russia? Russia just needs to do what they usually do...sit back, watch, and drink lots of Vodka. They have nothing the rest of the world wants or
needs and they just need to see to their own....stay out of it in other words. If they want to sell weapons...pffft...fine. We can do that too. It
will be another war by proxy...I say everyone needs to step away and let the Koreans deal with their own issues. We should never have gotten involved
in a civil war just because the "Ruskies" were giving aid to the North...those days are over. Let them stay in the past.

Sadly, I see a major world event coming soon...might be over this, might be something else...but TPTB know the world has came to a point where a major
war is needed to "reboot" the system...and they will have it....prob sooner rather than later.

All those suggesting that a nuke for nuke scenario is the best way to go somehow hoping for doom porn please hit your testicles with a hammer right
now so that you do not reproduce. The horrors unleashed from even 1 ...

Totaly agree any idiot knows that there will be no winners if nukes are used, i Feel for the people of North Korea, having to stand in the cold
pretending to love their little idiot, if they dont pretend hard enough they get a good poke in the ribs.They are starving while he eats Russian
caviar and drinks french chamagne.Does anyone think he wants to live in a bunker,eating the crap he feeds his people on...the same goes for Putin and
everyone else.They know that if just one Nuke is used its all over.

Has anyone seen this article and thought about rather or not they have some viable subs?

Go nuts and dig in.

Because no survey of newcomers to the second nuclear age would be complete without North Korea, it seems fitting to close out this series with a
glance at Pyongyang’s emerging nuclear strategy and doctrine. Professor Terry Roehrig, grand wizard of the Naval War College’s Asia-Pacific Study
Group, authors a chapter on the subject in Strategy in the Second Nuclear Age.
He splashes cold water on the idea that the six-party talks or other negotiations will bring about disarmament on the Korean Peninsula.
So, let’s zero in on the operational dimension of North Korean strategy. Pyongyang has tested nuclear weapons. It must now miniaturize its warheads
sufficiently to fit on missiles. Then, having produced a battle worthy arsenal, how will the North Korean military arrange its precious weapons on the
map to safeguard them against preemptive attack? What kind of doctrine will the leadership adopt to deter South Korea and the United States?
Terry raises a couple of intriguing possibilities. Take the second question first. Knowing that a small force is vulnerable to preemption, the North
Korean leadership might embrace a launch-on-warning doctrine. Once the military detects signs of an attack, that is, commanders will cut loose against
designated targets.
Threatening to go nuts at the slightest affront has been a staple of North Korean diplomacy ever since…well, ever since there has been a North
Korea. Adopting such a posture—and putting prospective adversaries on notice that Pyongyang has adopted such a posture—thus would make Seoul and
Washington think twice before essaying forcible counterproliferation.

I am an astrologer (Vedic-based) and I have been saying for months there could be a war involving Korea. And I am not alone.
Although, I expected it later - the last days of April to be sure. The declaration for the statehood of N. Korea is given as September 10, 1948,
20:50, Phenyan time. The planets do show the possibility of an open confrontation. It that starts, North Korea will cease to exist as a separate state
between late 2014 and early 2015.

Japan may be involved, because they can catch rockets. China will have problems but I am not sure they are ready to fight as yet.The situation has
been tense, with the Chinese line being ousted a long time ago after the civil war. They might be simply extending help and prolonging the situation.
The Japanese may have an opportunity to work off a bad collective karma by protecting the allies of S. Korea and also S. Korea itself with mainly
super tech. I don't think the US would be directly involved, except from June, but then it will probably have to tackle a widespread middle east
war.

edit on 3/10/2013 by Kokatsi because: more information added in the last paragraph

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